I've always had a soft spot for Henry II, Edward I was excellent at thrashing the Celts, while Edward III's run of victories against the French endears him to one, but generally you're right: a bad lot.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ash
I've always had a soft spot for Henry II, Edward I was excellent at thrashing the Celts, while Edward III's run of victories against the French endears him to one, but generally you're right: a bad lot.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ash
That bloody Becket just wanted the church to be above the law, after all.Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
Indeed - even allowing for the "don't judge people by modern standards, judge by the time etc", he was an absolute **** for his day. Mostly to French people tbfQuote:
Originally Posted by Burney
Exactly. And he was drinking and whoring with Henry right up until he made him ArchB of C and then he goes all holier-than-thou and hair-shirted. Prick. Can't abide him. Deserved everything he got.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ash
And did he LOL 'ard?Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
The Hundred Years War were no church picnic and the chevauchée generally wasn't for the squeamish, but you get the distinct impression Hal liked it all a bit too much.Quote:
Originally Posted by Luis Anaconda
No. He screamed for a good long time, apparently. It was distinctly banter-free.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ash
Yup. The occupation of Paris under him after Agincourt makes the Warsaw Ghetto look like Butlins, but all accounts.*Quote:
Originally Posted by Luis Anaconda
{*Some bloke off In Our Time, and I don't think he used those exact words, but said it was despicable, even by the standards of late-medieval warfare.}
Basically a real-life grown-up JoffreyQuote:
Originally Posted by Burney
It was his own fault. Only a muppet would bother trying to have a Reformation without waiting for the printing press to be invented first.Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney